Right from when I got Tia at 9 weeks old, I began massaging her ears (as well as her paws and other areas a vet or groomer might handle). I would massage her ears when she was really sleepy and learned that this helps the ears to stand on their own. They started to come up but the tips still flopped. We thought she was really cute with floppy ears, but I new that when she was full grown I would want her to "look" like a proper Yorkie.
She is 4 months old, and a couple of weeks ago I brought her for her first trip to the groomer and asked to have her ears shaved. Within 2-3 days, one ear was perfectly up, the other took a few days more, but I just massaged that ear more than the other. All in all, in about 7-9 days, Tia now has perfectly erect ears.
Expect the ears to droop when your pup is teething, though.
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